Being outraged feels like a perpetual state for the informed immprof. But there's just something about our country's crap treatment of Afghan wartime allies that sends me through the roof. Remember this gem from 2014 about our disgraceful treatment of Afghani military interpreters? (As I'
A deep dive by NPR: In the past year, many federal law enforcement agents conducting immigration arrests have hidden their identities. They have not only concealed their faces but have also masked their vehicles. NPR discovered through a review of videos that the vehicles used by officers during immigration-related arrests
Detention Watch Network and Popular Democracy will mark Day of the Dead with a press conference outside of Capitol Hill and an altar to honor people who have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. The press conference will underscore the cruelty of Trump’s mass detention and deportation
If you're interested in talking about the immigration enforcement efforts in Chicago, I've got two clips for your consideration. First: check out this news clip of an interview with Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino. I would personally use the segments from 2:15-2:35 and 2:
As part of UC Law San Francisco's (formerly UC Hastings') Symposium on Rule of Law and Threats to Democracy, Karen Musalo will moderate a star-studded panel on the Constitutional and Statutory Rights of Non-Citizens (Friday, November 14, 2025 1:45-3pm Pacific Time). Panelists: * Richard Boswell, Professor, UC
Submission guidelines: The AILA Law Journal seeks submissions related to immigration and the expansion of executive authority. Articles must be within the range of 2,500-7,000 words, including citations. Articles previously published in any form (including as a law review note) will not be accepted. Submission Deadline: February 1,
Immigration Adjudication, Judicial Review, And The Uneven Incorporation Of Administrative Law Norms by John Harland Giammatteo, 40 Georgetown Imm. L. J. __ (forthcoming 2026) Abstract This article examines the interaction between immigration law and administrative law. Scholars and courts regularly treat immigration as outside of, or exceptional to, the normal operation
A new Migration Policy Institute study, Maine’s Immigrant Communities: Diverse Origins, Characteristics, and Challenges, draws from analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data to offer a detailed demographic and socio-economic snapshot of the state’s approximately 53,000 immigrants. Maine’s immigrant population, though small, is distinct in its
Seminar: "On the Move: Migration Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean" Friday, November 14, 2025 12:00pm-1:00pm Andrew Selee, Valerie Lacarte, Ariel G. Ruiz Soto, and Diego Chaves-González [Event Flyer] [Zoom Registration Link] This CCIS event is cohosted in partnership with the UC Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration
The podcast series, Unsettled: Immigration in Turbulent Times, with co-hosts Alex Aleinikoff, Cristina Rodriguez, and Hiroshi Motomura, begins its second season. Here is the first episode: The Trump Administration’s War on Venezuelan Migrants. The guest is Jonathan Blitzer, staff writer for The New Yorker. He discusses his recent article
Guest blogger: Gabriella Conversano, law student, University of San Francisco For countless women, America’s immigration framework is less a path to safety than a complicated web of legal and social traps. From fleeing gender-based persecution abroad to navigating conditional permanent residency, dependent visas, and possible detention, they face barriers
Ediberto Roman and Ernesto Sagas comment on the Bad Bunny Superbowl controversy and society's indifference to the anti-Latina/o immigration operations. The two pieces are well worth reading as we process the harms being imposed by the current presidential administration,